Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Were the Amoraim/Tannaim paragons of virtue? Part 2

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Daf Yomi recently has provided more instances of dubious ethical behavior (see my previous post  Were the Amoraim really paragons of virtue?...
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Monday, January 30, 2017

Talmidei Chachamim don't need protection, what does this really mean?

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The Gemara in Bava Basra 7b discusses the need for building walls around a town/city. Since walls are for communal protection, all residents...
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Sunday, January 22, 2017

Old and/or sick people should blame Avraham and Yaakov Avinu

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The Gemara in Bava Metzia (87a) states that until Avraham there was no aging and until Yaakov there was no sickness. The gemara relates the ...
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Friday, January 20, 2017

Did the Amoraim know all of Torah?

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Yesterday's daf (בבא מציעא קי"ד) had a fascinating encounter between רבה בר אבוה and אליהו הנביא in a cemetary. רבה בר אבוה asked ...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Feminism is going to destory Modern/Centrist Orthodoxy

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Please see  The Non-Rabbinic Rabbinic Training Program for Women  and  Viewing Judaism through the Lens of Feminism  which discuss how vario...
Monday, January 16, 2017

Why do people die?

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The Gemara in Bava Metzia 107b discuses this very question and comes to some startling conclusions. Rav states that 99 out of 100 peoople ...
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Sunday, January 15, 2017

Were the Amoraim really paragons of virtue?

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Anyone who learned in Yeshiva knows that the Amoraim (the Rabbis who appear in the Gemara) are portrayed as paragons of virtue and on a leve...
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